Willie Llewelyn

Willie Llewelyn
Personal information
Full name
William Dillwyn Llewelyn
Born1 April 1868
Aberdulais, Glamorgan, Wales
Died24 August 1893(1893-08-24) (aged 25)
Penllergaer, Glamorgan, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1890–1891Oxford University
1893Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 20
Runs scored 834
Batting average 22.54
100s/50s 1/1
Top score 116
Balls bowled 35
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 August 2019

William Dillwyn Llewelyn (1 April 1868 – 24 August 1893) was a Welsh first-class cricketer.

The son of Sir John Dillwyn-Llewellyn and his wife, Caroline Julia Hicks-Beach, he was born at Aberdulais in April 1868.[1] He was educated at Eton College, before going up to New College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the touring Australians at Oxford in 1890. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1891, making sixteen appearances and gaining a blue in both 1890 and 1891.[3] Llewelyn scored 638 runs in these matches, at an average of 20.58 and a high score of 116,[4] which came against the Gentlemen of England in 1890.[5] During his time at Oxford, he also played one first-class match for the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present cricket team against the Australians at Portsmouth in 1890.

Following his graduation from Oxford, he appeared in further first-class matches in 1893 for the Gentlemen of England and the Marylebone Cricket Club.[3] Llewelyn was associated with Glamorgan County Cricket Club, then a second-class county, becoming the club treasurer in 1893. He killed himself by shooting himself in the grounds of Penllergare House on 24 August 1893, just a week before his marriage to the daughter of Lord Dynevor.[6] His body was discovered in woodland the following morning, with his funeral later attended by many of Wales' leading social figures.[7]

  1. ^ "William Dillwyn-Llewelyn". The Peerage. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1893". ESPNcricinfo. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Willie Llewelyn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Willie Llewelyn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Oxford University v Gentlemen of England, 1890". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. ^ Hignell, Andrew. "Willie Llewelyn - a short profile". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. ^ "The Tragic Death of Mr W D Llewelyn". The Western Mail. 30 August 1893. hdl:10107/4327419 – via Welsh Newspapers.